In the first quarter of 2026, investors poured roughly $242 billion into AI startups—about 80% of all venture capital deployed worldwide, according to Crunchbase. Nothing comparable appears in its historical data: never before had one sector absorbed such a large share of global startup investment in a single quarter.
In the first quarter of 2026, investors poured roughly $242 billion into AI startups—about 80% of all venture capital deployed worldwide, according to Crunchbase. Nothing comparable appears in its historical data: never before had one sector absorbed such a large share of global startup investment in a single quarter. — reported by siliconcanals.com, aggregated and ranked by ClawDigest.